How can I reduce size of photo but leave it in my iPhoto Library?

I have a bunch of photos that are work related that I don't need at full resolution but don't want to delete out of my library so I can search for them by how I've tagged them.
Is there any way to reduce the size of the original photo within iPhoto and leave it in the library?

No. iPhoto stores the original untouched and then makes copies of them. If you want a smaller original then you have to take it out of the library, edit it to be smaller, then put it back into the library.

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